PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
451 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2011
...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM LINCOLN AND MADISON
COUNTIES...
A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS LINCOLN
AND MADISON COUNTIES HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PERSONNEL. INITIAL FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS
* EVENT DATE: 02/28/11
* EVENT TIME: 12:18 TO 12:25 PM /ESTIMATED/
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
* PRELIMINARY TORNADO RATING: EF-1
* PATH LENGTH: 4.2 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 200 YARDS
* SUMMARY: THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BETWEEN GREENVILLE PIKE AND
EVERETT JONES ROAD...IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF BORDERLINE ROAD AND THE
ALABAMA TENNESSEE STATE LINE. AS THE TORNADO TRACKED EASTWARD...IT
DEMOLISHED A WELL BUILT SHED...SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED SEVERAL
BARNS...AND SNAPPED AND UPROOTED NUMEROUS TREES. THE WORST DAMAGE
OCCURRED FROM BH REEVES ROAD EASTWARD TO VANNTOWN SCHOOL
ROAD...WHERE MULTIPLE SHEDS WERE DEMOLISHED OR HAD ROOFS
REMOVED...NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED...AND A MOBILE
HOME HAD ITS ROOF PEELED OFF. THE TORNADO LIFTED JUST WEST OF
SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD.
THERE WAS A BROAD AREA OF DAMAGE JUST SOUTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK.
IN MULTIPLE AREAS ALONG NORTH-SOUTH ROADS SUCH AS ST CLAIR ROAD AND
EVERETT JONES ROAD...TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...AND BARNS AND
SHEDS SUFFERED ROOF DAMAGE. SINCE NEARLY ALL OF THIS DAMAGE
CONSISTENTLY FACED FROM WEST TO EAST...THIS DAMAGE WAS DETERMINED
TO OCCUR WITH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. DUE TO ITS LOCATION...THIS WAS
LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM`S REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT.
FINALLY...AS THE TORNADO LIFTED...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO
TREES AND STRUCTURES ALONG SCHOOL HOUSE ROAD IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF
THE STATE LINE. ALL OF THIS DAMAGE FACED WEST TO EAST...AGAIN
SUGGESTING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LIKELY OCCURRING AS THE TORNADO
DISSIPATED.
THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB PAGE
AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.
SURVEYED BY: CARCIONE/LACORTE

Moore and Franklin County Tornado Survey

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
403 PM CST TUE MAR 1 2011
...PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY INFORMATION FROM FRANKLIN TN AND
MOORE COUNTIES...
A PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE INCURRED ACROSS FRANKLIN
AND MOORE COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL. INITIAL
FINDINGS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
* EVENT TYPE: TORNADO
* EVENT DATE: 02/28/11
* ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 125.0 MPH
* PRELIMINARY RATING: EF-2
* PATH LENGTH: 11 MILES
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 600 YARDS
* FATALITIES: 1
* INJURIES: 4
* SUMMARY: EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON A TORNADO TRACKED ACROSS PORTIONS
OF MOORE AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED
DOWN AS A WEAK EF-0 ALONG PORTIONS OF TANYARD HILL ROAD SOUTHEAST
OF DOWNTOWN LYNCHBURG WHERE A FEW TREES WERE DOWNED. ADDITIONAL
TREES WERE DOWNED ALONG BAKERTOWN ROAD. THE TORNADO BEGAN TO
STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVED INTO EASTERN MOORE COUNTY. HOMES AND
STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED ALONG RIDGEVILLE ROAD...TURKEY CREEK
LOOP...AND HURRICANE CREEK ROAD. ONE HOME SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL
ROOF DAMAGE ALONG WITH PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE. ADDITIONAL HOMES HAD
MINOR ROOD DAMAGE. LARGE SWATHS OF TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED AND
UPROOTED IN THIS AREA. DAMAGE IN THIS AREA WAS CONSISTENT WITH A
LOWER END EF-2 TORNADO.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AND WIDEN AS IT CROSSED INTO
FRANKLIN COUNTY. WIDESPREAD MODERATE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG A PATH
FROM AWALT ROAD THROUGH OLD TULLAHOMA ROAD THROUGH BLUE CREEK ROAD
AND ROCK CREEK ROAD. IN THESE AREAS OVER 20% OF THE HOMES SUSTAINED
SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAMGE AS THE PATH WIDTH INCREASED TO NEARLY 600
YARDS. SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE DESTROYED WITH ONE COMPLETELY
OBLITERATED. THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT
ROOF DAMAGE. AT LEAST 12 LARGE POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND
THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE
TORNADO WAS LIKELY AT ITS STRONGEST INTENSITY IN THIS PORTION OF
THE COUNTY WITH A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED INTENSITY OF 125 MPH OR EF-2 ON
THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK EAST CROSSING THE TULLAHOMA
HIGHWAY. JUST EAST ALONG THE UT FARM ROAD TWO MOBILE HOMES WERE
DESTROYED. HERE A 79 YEAR OLD MALE WAS KILLED WHEN THE MOBILE HOME
WAS PICKED UP AND BLOWN APPROXIMATELY 70 YARDS BEFORE BEING
ROLLED. THREE ADDITIONAL INJURIES OCCURRED IN THIS AREA TWO OF
WHICH WERE SIGNIFICANT. DAMAGE HERE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE LOWER
END OF AN EF-2 AROUND 115 MPH. AN ADDITIONAL INJURY WAS REPORTED
ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY. THE TORNADO NARROWED IN WIDTH AS IT
TRACKED EAST CROSSING SPRING CREEK ROAD WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
ALONG RESERVOIR ROAD. THE TORNADO FINALLY LIFTED ALONG ELK RIVER
DAM ROAD ON THE WEST SIDE OF WOODS RESERVOIR.
BASED ON RADAR DATA AND GROUND TRUTH INFORMATION...THE TORNADO
FIRST TOUCHED DOWN AROUND 12:18 PM CST IN MOORE COUNTY AND REACHED
MAXIMUM INTENSITY SHORTLY AFTER 12:22 PM IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE
FATALITY OCCURRED AROUND 12:28 PM ON UT FARM ROAD. THE INITIAL
TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR MOORE AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN AT 12:12
PM CST. TORNADO EMERGENCY WORDING WAS INCLUDED FOR THE IMPACTED
AREA AT 12:25 PM CST.
THESE FINDINGS ARE PRELIMINARY AND ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT.
PICTURES AND SUMMARY MATERIALS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB
PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/HUNTSVILLE /ALL LOWER CASE/.
SURVEYED BY: LEE/BOYD/AMIN/BURGETT/DARDEN